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GB2LBC – SOS Radio Week

A quick report from the first day of operation at GB2LBC, the Workington Lifeboat Station (one of the four Lifeboat Stations on the air in West Cumbria). Operations today focussed largely on 40m and 17m with 40m proving a bit busy in the morning and evening due to a contest. Despite this some good contacts
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SOS Radio Week

MX0WRC we OK all once again be taking part in the upcoming SOS Radio week. This year we’re keeping things the same as last year by setting up 3 stations along the coast of Cumbria. GB1LBC – Silloth lifeboat station. Norman, G7MRL is leading this station. GB2LBC – Workington lifeboat station. Peter, G8RZ is the
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RSGB Centenary Special Event Station

It may have escaped you but the RSGB enters its centenary year next year and one way of marking this event is a special event station that will travel the country, hosted by clubs and societies around the country. Region 3 is the first area to be hosting this event and we will be supporting
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A very welcome visitor

Last nights meeting was slightly usual in as much as we had a very welcome visitor Paul, VE3HTF, who made the long trip from Ontario to Workington for the club meeting and chance to get in contact with the DXpedition from the club shack. A long way to travel Paul but next time it might
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Adam, 2E0RCE sk

It is with real sadness that we report that Adam, 2E0RCE is a sk. Adam passed away quite unexpectedly and our thoughts are with his family....

AGM reminder

Just a very quick reminder of the AGM on Monday 8th October at the Helena Thompson Museum, Park End Road, Workington...

Exam weekend success

The last weekend in September saw another series of tuition and exams at the club. We have managed to get a further 3 people through the Intermediate course and 1 through foundation. Thanks to everyone who helped out with the course, exams and marking. We’ll look forward to another set of new callsign’s. For those
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HF Antenna back up

After a long hiatus an HF antenna has been put back up as part of the shack refurbishment. We are very fortunate to have a shack in such a nice location and for it to be warm and secure. What we do struggle with is the fact that we are in a listed building. The
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Build night

The first build night for a while took place at the last club meeting. we decided to go for the Radio Kits Digital SWR meter and it looks like we’ve made a good choice. 8 kits are currently being worked on by members and it’ll take a few nights to get the kit fully assembled.
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Power / SWR Meter Kits

A batch of 10 digital power and swr meter kits have arrived and are available for purchase. 2 of them have already gone and they’ll be on a first come first served basis. So if you would like to get involved with building your own gear and need a bit of a and to start
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